quei

quei

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Old French quel, from Latin quālis, quālem.

Adjective

quei (feminine singular quei or quâle, masculine plural queis, feminine plural queis or quâles)

1. which

   Quei janre de livre veus-tu aichetai ?

   Which kind of book do you want to buy ?

2. (exclamative) what

   Quei caitaistrôphe !

   What a catastrophe !

Pronoun

quei (feminine singular quei or quâle, masculine plural queis, feminine plural queis or quâles)

1. what (rare)

   Quei ât son nom ?

   What is his name?

Derived terms

• douquei
• lequei
• auquei

See also

• qui
• quoi

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Italian

Adjective

quei m pl

1. plural of quel

Usage notes

• Before an impure s, gn, pn, ps, x, y, z, and vowel, and also with the plural noun dei, use quegli instead.

Anagrams

• equi

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Old Latin

Alternative forms

• (early) quoi, qoi

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *kʷoi, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷos, *kʷis.

Adjective

quei m

1. (interrogative) who, what, that, which

Pronoun

quei

1. (relative) who, what, that, which

Descendants

• Latin: quī